Hi,

I want to put linux on my win 98SE machine. (MSI Motherboard, 256 Mb SDRAM, Athlon 900) I understand that i need to create a seperate partition for it and that is not hard. I was planning to make the partition a fat 32 one. I have found a site where i can download red hat 8.0 it is:

http://www.redhat.com/download/howto....html#download

So i feel all set. But i have never used linux before. The questions i have are as follows:-

How big should i make the partition, my disk is 27.9 gig and i am currently using 2.21 of it?

Is this the best version of linux for me to use or does anyone recommend a different one?

Is this a good site to get it from or again does anyone know of a better one?

How do i set the computer to boot to an option of whether to use Windows or linux?

Will i be able to see the linux partition in windowsa and visa versa?

I'm sorry if these questions seem a bit mundane or simple but i want to make sure that i get it right first time.

Thanks for your help

ShippMA

P.S. sorry that it's not security related but i'm starting a web project using Databases etc for my degree so more than likely i will have lots of security questions to ask in the future